Star singer Ute Lemper, “one of the great chanteuses” (New Yorker), and the “eloquent” Escher Quartet (BBC Music Magazine) team up for an evening of the remarkable music composed in Theresienstadt, the World-War-II concentration camp. Lemper offers songs that traverse a wide spectrum of human emotion, and the Escher Quartet performs Viktor Ullmann’s masterful String Quartet No. 3, a romantic rumination on life’s fleeting beauty. Don’t miss this unique musical testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

Program

Songs composed in Theresienstadt, 1940–1944

Viktor Ullmann — String Quartet No. 3 op. 46 (1943)

Watch & Listen

Escher Quartet performs Victor Ullmann's String Quartet No. 3

Ute Lemper sings "Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt"

Reserve Seats

General admission reservations for this event are now gone, but most of our seats are for walk ups! Doors open at 6:45PM - Please arrive early.

Most of our 300 seats are for those who just show up - but as a courtesy to our friends who work late, we've set aside 100 advance reservations for general admission. All other seats are 'first come, first served' and are available as early as 6:45 pm, when the doors open. Note that reservations are good for entrance only, not for specific seats. Reservations are void after 7:20pm.

If reservations are gone, don't worry - just show up! It is rare for Music Mondays to turn anyone away.

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